The effect of sucrose on plaque and saliva urease levels in vivo

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Toro, E ^a   Nascimento, M M ^b   Suarez Perez, E ^a   Burne, R A ^b   Elias Boneta, A ^a   Morou Bermudez, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Genetic responses of oral bacteria; Translational; Urease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; UREASE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UREASE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 77649238020     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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